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Two World-leading Scholars Appointed in Divinity
The School of Divinity, History and Philosophy is delighted to announce the appointment of two world-leading professors to join the University of Aberdeen’s outstanding Divinity Department. Professor John Behr has been appointed as a Professor in Divinity, offering specialisation in Patristics and Orthodox Theology. Professor Behr is Fr Georges Florovsky Distinguished...
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Dr Gerry Hough named Best Undergraduate Lecturer
We are delighted to announce that Dr Gerry Hough was named Best Undergraduate Lecturer in the 2019 University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards, in a competition including a total of 50 nominees across the University! This outstanding success is made even more remarkable by the fact that this is the second time...
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Launch of student-led TRSS (Theology and Religious Studies Society)
TRSS is a society for all students interested in Theology, Religious Studies and Divinity. TRSS supports members of all different religious beliefs; as well as those of no faith. All members are encouraged to think independently and are free to express any of their opinions without judgement. Overall, TRSS aims to...
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SPA Centenary Fellows
The Philosophy department is delighted to announce that it will host three distinguished visiting philosophers in 2019-20, funded by the Scots Philosophical Association Centenary Fellows’ scheme. Each Centenary Fellow will visit Aberdeen for up to three weeks, and will give a public lecture, a research seminar, and a postgraduate workshop...
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New Reading Group: Philosophy of Sports
Under the aegis of the Centre for Knowledge and Society, the nascent Philosophy of Sports Reading Group will be dedicated this half-session to a close reading and discussion of Bernard Suits’s delightful masterpiece The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia (1978). Here is a review by Nigel Warburton. This Reading Group is...
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